Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS
Configure custom HTTP servers
After creating a middleware server representation of a custom HTTP server in the administrative console, update a few configuration settings so that they are defined specifically for your custom HTTP server installation.
Before you begin
Federate the node that is running the custom HTTP server and create a representation of the server in the administrative console.
About this task
To perform server operations on your server from the administrative console, configure the server operations for the custom HTTP server middleware server representation.
Procedure
Configure server operations for the custom HTTP server to include the user name and password.
- In the administrative console, click Servers > Other middleware servers > Custom HTTP servers > custom_http_server > Server operations.
- Edit the start and stop server operations.
- Define the location of the process ID (PID) file on the server. Create the PID file name environment variable. The PID file name specifies the location of the PID file where the server operation runs. To define the PID file name variable, click Servers > All servers > custom_http_server > Variables > New or Environment > WebSphere® Variables > New. Enter the same name for the variable that you entered in the server operations panel, and for the value, enter the fully qualified or variable qualified location of the PID file.
What to do next
- To use this configuration when you are configuring your other custom HTTP servers, create a server template of your current custom HTTP server.
- Use the external log viewing service to view the log files for your custom HTTP server from the administrative console.
- Use the external configuration service to edit the configuration files for your custom HTTP server from the administrative console.
- After creating representations of all the custom HTTP servers, you can add the representations to a dynamic cluster.
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Related concepts
Middleware nodes and servers
Supported middleware server types
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Adding middleware servers to configurations Adding assisted life-cycle middleware servers
Related reference
Middleware server creation administrative tasks